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Lot 664
A late 19th/early 20th Century lace bed spread /table cloth, the central section decorated with putti within a border of roses, within a larger quatrefoil border with four decorated cartouche, each four corners decorated with angels, approx 234 x 200cmThe piece was given to the vendor's G randmother, Ethel McDougal and Grandfather, Alan Barber when they married in May 1922
Lot 410
A Heal's oak four-poster bed, panelled head board with turned columns, adorned with Morris & Co Bird woven jacquard bed spread, curtains and canopy, designed by William Morris, unsigned, 219cm high, 137cm wide (headboard) LiteratureCharlotte Gere & Michael Whiteway Nineteenth Century Design, Thames & Hudson, page 210 plate 261 for a comparable example of the 'Bird' textile. ProvenanceSir Ambrose Heal, thence by descent Catalogue notesThe four-poster bed that is being offered for sale is a fairly simple piece of early 20th century furniture and yet this particular bed is laden with symbolism. This was the bed in which Sir Ambrose Heal (1872-1959) slept for much of his life. It brings together comfort, design history and social history.The Heal’s business in London’s Tottenham Court Road had been founded in 1810 to manufacture beds and mattresses. Bedding was at the heart of the business throughout the 19th century and most of the 20th century, even as the firm expanded into dealing in other items of furniture and furnishing. The small bedding factory remained on the same site in Tottenham Court Road until the 1980s and the skilled upholsterers and makers continued to use the same traditional techniques and the finest natural materials that their ancestors had used. One of Heal’s major contributions to sleep comfort was the design of the “Sommier Elastique Portatif” which was patented in 1860 by John Harris Heal. It was still in production over 100 years later. It folds in order to make cleaning, removals and storage easy and has no top stuffing so it was “quite free from all risk of moth”. The Victorian catalogue described it as “the most comfortable Spring Mattress yet invented” and it “requires just one good mattress over it”. The Four-Poster is fitted with one of these bed-bases containing nine rows of star-lashed, nine inch, nine turn, hourglass springs made from eight-and-a-half gauge wire mounted on insulating pads.As well as being a furniture designer, Sir Ambrose was fascinated by the history of London trades. Before the buildings in streets were numbered many displayed hanging signs to enable businesses to be found. Heal recorded hundreds of these 18th century signs which were eventually published under the title “London Shop Signs” in 1939. For example there were no less than sixteen that incorporated an anchor, ranging from the Anchor & Bible in St Paul’s Churchyard to the Anchor & Wheatsheaf, Whitehouse Court near Tooley Street. In 1904 when looking for a symbol that would act as a logo and trademark for the Heal firm he came up with the idea of using the Four-Poster bed. Since then Heal & Son Ltd has traded “At The Sign of The Four-Poster”. Appropriately this bed is thought to date from that time. Not only did he trade under the four-poster sign but henceforth he slept in one.Sir Ambrose was inspired by the work and writings of William Morris so it was fitting that he acquired some of Morris’s original “Bird” pattern wool cloth to make up a bed-spread and curtains for the Four-Poster. There was no better way of signalling his connection to the Arts & Crafts Movement that influenced his own design philosophy. Morris designed this pattern (with a huge repeat) in 1877-8 and it was hand-loom jacquard-woven. It was available through Morris & Co but interestingly Morris himself used this particular pattern to decorate the walls of the drawing room of his own home at Kelmscott House, Hammersmith. An inventory of Ambrose Heal’s home taken in 1914 records “An oak frame four post bedstead with panelled back and floral linen curtains and valances lined green twill 4’ 6” wide”. It was then valued at £20.Oliver S Heal.
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Lot 266
[Rare. Soviet revolutionary calendar]. Tear-off calendar "For young people" for 1932. - [n.p.], [1932]. - [36] sheets: ill.; 17,1x11,6 cm. Mounted on a cardboard base - 26,7x19,1 cm. The calendar is based on a 5-day week, divided by decades of months, each spread contains information about the socialist important anniversaries of the month, an illustration with a two-line chant, as well as useful tips and DIY schemes on the back of the sheet: a Red Army helmet made of paper, a propeller made of paper or tin, a punt boat, a camp bed, interactive three-dimensional panorama, shadow theater, etc. The Soviet Revolutionary calendar is an attempt to introduce a new calendar system in 1929 - the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR, the resolution "On the transition to continuous production in enterprises and institutions of the USSR". 360 days and, accordingly, 72 five-day periods were envisaged in the calendar year. The remaining 5 days (2 days of May Day, 2 days of the October Revolution and Lenin Memorial Day) were decided to be considered days off. The return to the traditional calendar occurred in 1940. During the operation of the Soviet revolutionary calendar, the Gregorian calendar was also used in parallel. Condition: By request.
Lot 344
Umbro - Football t-shirts and shorts - Eleven Everton Football Club football t-shirts and shorts - Lot includes a number 10 McCann t-shirt in size LB. A dark blue Everton FC long-sleeve top in size XLB. A black Everton FC t-shirt in black colour. Lot also includes a stitched bed spread with different alcoholic brands on it. Comes in sizes LB, MB, XLB. Appear in good condition. (This does not constitute a guarantee)
Lot 990
MERLIN DE DOUAI PHILIPPE-ANTOINE: (1754-1838) French politician and lawyer who served as Minister of Justice 1795-96, 1796-97. L.S., Merlin, two pages, small 4to, Paris, 15th April 1797, to the director and jury of the district of Courtray, on the printed stationery of the Criminal Bureau, in French. Merlin de Douai states that he has been informed that the accomplices of Francois Fallambier have been transferred to Courtray, noting that 'ce n'est qu'a l'aide de la surveillance la plus active et la plus suive qu'on est parvenu a empecher l'evasion de ces prevenus qui pendant leur sejours dans la prison de Bethune l'avaient presque demolie et qu'il est a craindre que ces individus ne parviennent enfin a s'echapper si l'on n'apporte a leur garde la plus grande des precautions' (Translation: 'it was only with the aid of the most active and the most consistent supervision that we managed to prevent the escape of these defendants who during their stay in the prison of Bethune had almost demolished it and that it is to be feared that these individuals will finally manage to escape if the greatest precautions are not taken') and further urging his correspondent to liaise with the commissioner of the Executive Directory to take appropriate measures to prevent an event which would spread consternation in neighbouring districts and also instructing him to continue with his investigation into Fallambier and his accomplices. To the third page appears a manuscript response to Merlin de Douai, the author stating that he would have liked to have had the opportunity to study the trial of Salenbier and his many accomplices, but is unable to do so at present as he is recovering in bed and will not be able to start the trial, believing it to be harmful to the public to start such a case and not be able to follow it up. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG
Lot 409
Comprising of; The International Psycho-Analytical Library Edited By Ernst Jones, No. 15 The Future of An Illusion, Sigmund Freud, Second Impression, Hogarth Press, 52 Tavistock Square, London, 1934, in original dust jacket (with repairs); The International Psycho-Analytical Library, No.17, Civilisation and its Discontents, Sigmund Freud, Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1930; Moses and Monotheism, Sigmund Freud, published by the Hogarth Press and Institute of Psycho-Analysis 1939, with card from Sidney L Bernstein inscribed ‘if you read this you will know who you are, as ever Sidney’; On Aphasia, a Critical Study by Dr. Sigm. Freud Imago Publishing, 1953, ex-library copy heavily stamped, title page perforated, bords impressed with library stamp; The Freud/Jung Letters, William McGuire, 1974, original dust jacket; Sigmund Freud, His Life in Pictures and Words, Ernst Freud & Lucie Freud, 1978, original dust jacket (6) The Future of An Illusion (1934): Originally written in 1927 as Die Zukunft einer Illusion, Freud explores the origins of religion, how it developed over time, and what the future holds for spiritual belief systems. Civilisation and its Discontents (1930): This work of Freud’s explores the duality of the human psyche between a want for individuality while being part of a community. This was first published in German as Unbehagen in der Kultur. Moses and Monotheism (1939): Titled in German as Der Mann Moses und die monotheistische Religion. This book was Freud’s last publication, which he reportedly wrote from his death-bed. In this book, Freud puts forward that Moses was, infact, a priest of Akhenaten who left Egypt when the Pharoah died. Following his self-imposed exile, Moses spread his monotheistic ideals. Baron Sidney Lewis Bernstein (1899-1993), who penned the inscription on this copy, was a successful television executive and founder of Granada Television. Baron Bernstein left school at the age of 15, choosing instead to develop the portfolio that he inherited from his father. Although born in Essex, Baron Bernstein felt adopted by the North of England and based Granada Television in Manchester. On Aphasia (1953): Aphasia is a disorder that affects your ability to communicate with others, whether through speech, reading or writing. This particular book predates Freud’s development of psychoanalytical theory, and is considered his earliest work in psychology. The German version of the book was first published in 1891. The Freud/Jung Letters (1974): This collection of 360 letters covers the time between 1906 until 1914. Jung started as a student of Freud’s, and they worked closely together until their split in 1914. These letters provide invaluable insight into the theoretical development of psychoanalysis. Sigmund Freud, His Life in Pictures and Words (1978): This biography of Sigmund Freud was pieced together by his son, Ernst Freud, and Ernst’s wife Lucie. The book makes use of illustrations, manuscripts, and letters, in an effort to humanise the father of psychoanalysis. Freud, Sigmund, (1856-1939) is most famous for founding psychoanalysis. Freud’s theories and therapeutic techniques led to much of the psychology we see today. Indeed, several branches of psychology are directly attributable to Freud’s work, including dream interpretation, talking therapies, and false memory creation, among others. Although the psychosexual emphasis of his work is discredited in the modern day, Freud identified many of the relationships between the different facets of the human psyche and the world around us.
Lot 1801
Ex film prop: 1 pair extra long ornate curtains with classical style woven pattern, slight sheen on pale gold/ beige matt ground, together with a very large matching bed spread. Curtains length 3.5m, bottom width 2.7m, lined in gold, with wide gold tasselled braid along one vertical edge, and with adjustable pencil pleat heading. Tie backs included.
Lot 50
Italian school; 18th century."Transitus of the Virgin.Oil on canvas. Antique re-colouring.Presents restorations.It conserves a period frame.Measurements: 63 x 49 cm; 76 x 61 cm (frame).Displaced from the centre of the scene, rests the figure of the virgin with closed eyes and lying on a bed. The presence of the afflicted apostles at the feet of the figure of the Virgin and the appearance of the angels indicate that this is a representation of the passage of the Virgin. This theme became popular during the Baroque period and later, due to the Counter-Reformation, which led the Christian religion to resort to various passages from the life of the Virgin. Particularly notable in the work is the great magnificence of the architecture that forms the scene.Byzantine art is the originator of the theme of the Passage of the Virgin, and with it, it became extremely popular, even enjoying a fixed place in the decoration of church interiors, at the foot of the church, a place later occupied by the representation of the Last Judgement. This Byzantine model spread throughout the West around the year 1000, so that it soon became the most common way of representing not only the passage of the Virgin's soul from earth to heaven, but also that of the body, i.e. the theme of the Assumption. For the depiction of the passage of the Virgin, artists drew inspiration from apocryphal sources, as there is no mention of it in the canonical Gospels. To designate the death of the Virgin, the Byzantines speak of dormition or "koimesis", which means to sleep, to rest in the Lord. In the West, on the other hand, the word "transit" is used to indicate that her death is not real, but the passage to eternal life.
Lot 62
AN ORNAMENTAL TURNING LATHE BY HOLTZAPFFEL & CO, 64 CHARING CROSS, No. 2040, 1859,with iron bed on double mahogany stand, with integral six-drawer chest, treadle gear, crank and flywheel, 'shepherd's crook' overhead, traversing mandrel headstock with six screw hobs, segment apparatus, dividing plate and index, ornamental turning side-rest, metal turning slide-rest and screw-barrel tailstock; the accessories including ECF, VCF, ICF and drill spindle, fluting stops, keys, squares, spiral apparatus, eccentric chuck with ratchet nose, ellipse chuck with ring, UCF, HCF, dome chuck, three T-rests, set square, set bevil by Holtzapffel, callipers, twenty-two cup, screw and other plain chucks, 42 mainly hardwood-turning tools by Holtzapffel, Fenn and others with pear-shape handles, 23 similar tools with octagon boxwood handles, unusual eccentric drill spindle with segment plate, slope-top cabinet of approximately 89 slide-rest tools, 308 CF cutters and 103 drills, Holtzapffel goniostat in case with one powder tin, hollow-tool grinding outfit in case, and nineteen drills in a wood base, 5-inch centre height, 89in x 42in x 30in (226cm x 106.5cm x 76cm) overallbody 39in x 42in x 24in (99cm x 106.5cm x 61cm) Footnotes:Provenance:Lathe 2040 was supplied in March 1859 to A.G. Chapman Esq., for £70.Re-sold in February 1868 to the Rev. Sherrard B. Burnaby, presumably with much extra equipment as the price was now £170. Mr Burnaby became Vicar of Hampstead in 1873, and died in 1902 at Amersham.Literature:cf. Turning and Mechanical Manipulation, Vol. 3, 1856.The history of the ornamental turning lathe goes back to the 16th century, when Jacques Besson constructed such a lathe in 1578. Additional details were provided by Moxon in 1696, and in more comprehensive detail by Charles Plumer in 1701. However, it was the publication of Charles Holtzapffel's Turning and Mechanical Manipulation that ornamental turning expanded into a more widely spread popular practice.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 434
Single curtain, lined with pencil pleat heading in 'Roscarberry' fabric by Collier Campbell Ⓒ1985 length 232cm (includes a 36cm lower extension), width 255cm (AF- condition report available) together with an unusual bed spread with a patchwork checkerboard style (possibly silk) with wide braid border and black satin lining 2.6x2.15cm (2)
Lot 179
A collection of 1980s Star Wars merchandise, including over 120 Return of the Jedi comics, eight posters including Empire Strikes Back, 91 by 61cm, Ewoks Caravan of Courage, 76 by 101cm a/f, read-a-long books with cassettes and vinyl records, Story of Star Wars Return of the Jedi Dialogue and Music soundtrack vinyl with booklet, a Panini return of the Jedi Sticker book (completed), bed spread, curtains, a collection of Star trek paperbacks, a/f. (2 boxes)
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